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Woman of the World - Know Your International Human Rights Preface What are human rights? What is the United Nations? The UN: Protecting the rights of woman What is CEDAW Australia's signing of CEDAW A guide to the rights in CEDAW CEDAW and the Sex Discrimination Act The Optional Protocol to CEDAW What about Beijing? What can you do: The public sphere What can you do: Private actions …

Social Justice Report 2004 Summary Sheet Two back to contents Implementing new arrangements for the administration of Indigenous affairs What are the new arrangements for the administration of Indigenous affairs? The implications of the new arrangements The theory underpinning the new arrangements Practical matters relating to the introduction of the new arrangements Challenges in…

Social Justice Report 2004 Summary Sheet Three back to contents Walking with the Women - addressing the needs of Indigenous women exiting prison Pre and post-release programs for Indigenous women exiting prison Intersectional discrimination - addressing the distinct experiences of Indigenous women Common themes from consultations Examples of existing policies and programs relating to…

Social Justice Report 2004 Summary Sheet Four back to contents Recommendations and follow up actions Addressing the needs of Indigenous women exiting prison The new arrangements for the administration of Indigenous affairs Follow up actions by the Social Justice Commissioner Download as PDF Recommendations and follow up actions The Social Justice Report 2004 includes five recommendations to …

Social Justice Report 2004 Summary Sheet Five back to contents Upcoming work of the Social Justice Commissioner Downlad as PDF Upcoming work of the Social Justice Commissioner The Social Justice Commissioner proposes to address the following issues in the coming years: Indigenous health - Programs for addressing Indigenous health reveal the problem of a lack of implementation of human rights…

Back to projects Community Policing Partnership Project News Report available - Building Trust: Working with Muslim communities in Australia: a review of the Community Policing Partnership Project (25 March 2011) The Community Policing Partnership Program supported the development of local partnerships between police and Muslim communities across Australia. Joint community and police…

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On 5 December 2008 the ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ invited a group of young Muslim women to interview the Sex Discrimination Commissioner Elizabeth Broderick for a future community radio segment that the young women will develop themselves. The young women are participating in  the 'Young Muslim Women’s Short Animation Film Project' coordinated by Paula Abood who is the Community Cultural…

In a modern workforce where men and women work side by side it is important that employers protect their employees from unwanted behaviour that is not only harmful to the employee involved but also unprofessional and unproductive for the workplace. Sexual harassment is one form of unwanted behaviour that attempts to exclude individuals from the workplace by focusing on the sex of the person…

The information available in relation to each of the 152 complaints varied. As such, it was not always possible to determine each finding in relation to all of the complaints. For each of the findings below, the number of complaints for which the particular information was available is noted in brackets.

Sexual harassment has been unlawful across Australia for almost twenty years with 2004 marking the twentieth anniversary of the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth) (Sex Discrimination Act). [2] Over that period, community awareness of the existence of sexual harassment, particularly in the area of employment, has grown considerably.

Sexual harassment is an unwelcome sexual advance, unwelcome request for sexual favours or other unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature which makes a person feel offended, humiliated or intimidated, where a reasonable person would anticipate that reaction in the circumstances. [11] The Sex Discrimination Act defines the nature and circumstances in which sexual harassment is unlawful. [12]

The majority of reported sexual harassment was targeted at women, involved multiple forms of harassing behaviour and occurred on more than one occasion. In over one in five cases, the harassment continued for more than 12 months. Verbal harassment was often a precursor to physical forms of harassment.

Back to contents National Inquiry on Employment and Disability Interim Report: Executive Summary This is the Interim Report of the National Inquiry into Employment and Disability. The Inquiry was announced on 4 March 2005 and is due to issue its final report by the end of 2005. The purpose of this Interim Report is to: (a) summarise the concerns and suggestions contained in the submissions…

Dr Sev Ozdowski, Human Rights Commissioner and Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner, will conduct on behalf of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission and pursuant to sections 31(a)(b)(c) and (e) of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act 1986 (Cth), an inquiry into equal opportunity in employment and occupation for people with a disability in Australia.

National Inquiry into Employment and Disability Guide to the Inquiry You can also download this document in Word(70K) or PDF(37K) format. Disability is a normal part of life. Anyone in the community might experience a disability at some stage of their life - men and women, young and old, city and country dwellers. In fact, almost 20% of Australians - 3.96 million - have some sort of…

National Inquiry on employment and disability: Summary of Roundtable Meetings Sydney , 31 March 2005 Melbourne , 7 April 2005 See also separate notes from employer forum, Brisbane 22 April and Sydney employer forum, 7 July 2005; see also NEEOPA forum, 10 October Purpose of meetings Barriers to employment of people with disabilities Issues for further exploration Suggested priorities and…

Participants made a number of specific suggestions about potential solutions and strategies to further the employment opportunities for people with a disability:

National Inquiry into Disability and Employment: Submissions - round 1 This page lists submissions made to the ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ's National Inquiry on equal employment opportunity and participation for people with disabilities prior to the release of the Inquiry's Interim Report, and provides links to those submissions which have been provided electronically and on which no …